Last month, an unidentified man's BMW caught fire in Chula Vista while he was smoking cannabis in the car with the windows up. It's referred to as "hot boxing," explained 911 Video News, which was …
January 14, 2025
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Gray whale migration, California Brown Pelican, Red flag warnings
Gray Whale Migration Off San Diego County’s Coast peaks this month. The best view spots from land are high points close to the surf. Aside from the whale-watching overlook at Cabrillo National Monument, try Sunset …
January 13, 2025
Erick Carrill visited his father in Tijuana from San Diego and then disappeared
On May 19th, 2019 Eddy Carrillo's son Erick, who lived in San Diego, visited his father in Tijuana. He met with friends of his childhood and went out that night to celebrate but never returned …
January 13, 2025
Winter Doldrums? ‘Tis the Magical Season in Baja
Dock Totals 1/5 – 1/11: 341 anglers aboard 23 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 5 calico bass, 7 halibut (11 released), 1 halfmoon, 8 rock crab, …
January 12, 2025
Beliavsky plays Schubert, Debussy, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff
Once upon a time in the salons of Paris, one Frederic Chopin would play the piano and narrate to the audience. I had a chance to experience a modern version of this phenomenon on Tuesday, …
January 10, 2025
The Tower Bar’s Cherry Limeade is its most popular not-beer option
<inline type="photothumb" id="158997" href="" align="right" />Yes, San Diego has any number of places you can go for a fancy drink. But The Tower Bar, says owner Mick Rossler, is “not really a fancy cocktail place,” …
January 10, 2025
Dumpling Inn discourse
Video:TIN FORK: Dumpling Inn discourse“I’m not into pork,” says Diane.Uh, this as we walk through the doors of The Dumpling Inn, specialists in Xiao Long Bao, steamed pawk dumplings.“You can’t kill pigs,” my true love …
January 9, 2025
Gonzo Report: What we talk about when we talk about Sabrina Carpenter
On November 10, I went with my older sister to see Sabrina Carpenter’s Short ‘n Sweet tour when it stopped at Pechanga Arena. I was very excited. I was also kind of fascinated, because the …
January 9, 2025
Michael Rennie brings the music home for Palo Verde House concerts
Video:BLURT: Michael Rennie brings the music home for Palo Verde House concertsMichael Rennie cut his teeth playing in local bands Roxy Monoxide, AM Vibe, and INIGO in the 2000s. By the end of that decade, …
January 9, 2025
Live Five: Shea Givens, Louis XIV, P.O.D., The Pictographs, Auz Fontaine
Video:LIVE FIVE: Shea Givens, Louis XIV, P.O.D., The Pictographs, Auz FontaineShea Givens at La Valencia HotelJan 9Born and raised in Missouri, Indie-soul artist Shea Givens grew up singing, songwriting, playing the piano, and performing alongside …
January 8, 2025
What you did in 1960s San Diego to get a starter job
When I turned 16 years old, my dad strongly urged me to find a part-time job. This was also happening to most of my buddies. The problem was that none of us wanted to work. …
January 8, 2025
GOP’s Brian Jones backs legal magic mushrooms
State of the shroomsWhether or not San Diego County will get a legalized magic mushroom program through state legislation is still hanging fire, according to a December 27 dispatch from CalMatters. The proposal, submitted last year …
January 8, 2025
Satire on Trump, Ray Kroc, Hunter S. Thompson seen as anti-Trump
Ending the year on a low noteThe highly offensive cover (“Ray Kroc and Hunter S. Thompson had nothing on Trump”, Cover Story, Dec. 25, 2024) (crass and low class, to put it mildly) depicting President-elect …
January 8, 2025
Greenhaus puts broccoli on pizza, and you should see what they do with tofu
Video:FEAST!: Greenhaus puts broccoli on pizza, and you should see what they do with tofuBroccoli on pizza has become one of those easy to reach punchlines tossed around by snickering California bashers, right up there …
January 7, 2025
Fight over bike safety re-ignites in Encinitas
As the new year begins, so do the car-bike collisions. Encinitas, the city that in 2023 declared a local emergency over bike safety after multiple serious and fatal crashes, was first.On January 1 just before …
January 7, 2025